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Purchasing Power Unites With Metro Atlanta Chamber To Advance Racial Equity
Company Among the First to Commit to Action Plan Addressing the Effects of Systemic Racism, Embracing Atlanta s Rich Legacy of Collaboration for Social Justice
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ATLANTA, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Purchasing Power is proud to be part of a distinguished list of Atlanta companies joining the Metro Atlanta Chamber s (MAC) multi-year, multi-step action plan called ATL Action for Racial Equity. Designed to help address the ongoing effects of systemic racism impacting the Black community, the initiative will leverage the size, scale and expertise of the region s business community. Purchasing Power is one of the first 150 metro Atlanta-based companies to join in the focus on measurable actions across corporate policies, inclusive economic development, education and workforce development.
Aimee Ziegler, Lisa Teague, Russell Bates, and Yesica Prado watch the Zoom broadcast of the Berkeley Community Safety Coalition Homeless Memorial on Dec. 12. Photo: Pete Rosos
On Saturday, a coalition of advocates for Berkeley’s homeless community gathered online to sing, pray and demand justice for the unhoused people and their supporters who died in Berkeley this year.
The memorial came as new shelter-in-place orders and heavy rain underlined the increasing pressures that quarantine and winter have placed on the city’s unsheltered residents.
“Winter’s here. With Covid, where are people going to go this year?” asked boona cheema, the former director of Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) and community activist.
Stanford GSB’s Commitment to Diversity
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You could say that 2020 has been a year of awakening on many fronts. Calls for racial and social justice particularly in education have become increasingly urgent. And the Stanford Graduate School of Business is at the forefront of elite business schools when it comes to taking action to create change. Stanford GSB’s commitment to diversity is evident in its newly released second annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report.
Here are some of the highlights of the 2020 report.
Increase Representation
Expanded MBA Admissions diversity outreach efforts and developed a full week of diversity in leadership online programming, resulting in 1,500+ attendees over 23 events